We are Heading Home in the Morning

It's been a crazy day, so I am just sitting down to update now.  After Hattie's echo this morning, the doctors doing rounds came in and asked us how we felt Hattie was doing and how we felt about her going home.  We talked about our concerns and they basically told us that medically, she is doing incredibly and could go home, but that they weren't pushing us out the door and we can stay an extra day if we would feel better about it.

We spent the day getting her up walking a bit, visiting with doctors and watching videos of how to care for her incision, etc.  Before we knew it, I had to get her prescriptions from the pharmacy (she'll just be on Advil, Tylenol and a diuretic for about a week) and leave to spend the night at home with Owen.  

Miss Hattie cracked us up today!  She kept going over to the stroller and trying to get in.  She loves going for walks around the hallways.  She would do a little beauty queen wave at all of the nurses sitting at their stations.  They loved her, so that just egged her on even more.  It was the best feeling to see her sparkle come back.

She is pretty unsteady on her feet after a few days of not walking and she reverted back to crawling a lot today.  They said that is pretty normal.  She learned how to stand up in the hospital crib, so we have to be right there at all times.  (One of the reasons I haven't posted until now!) In that respect, it will be easier to be at home.  

While Paul and I were in the waiting room during surgery, a volunteer knocked on the waiting room door to tell us that he had a gift for us.  It warmed our hearts to see a framed print of all the kids and teachers from St. Ambrose standing in a field in the shape of a giant heart.  They were holding big posters that said We Love Hattie and Hattie is our Heart Warrior.  They were all trying to make hearts with their hands. It is adorable. I can't even begin to tell you how much love we have felt from our St. A's family!  The cards, texts, emails...we knew they were right there with us loving and praying for our girl because she is their girl too.

Here are a few pictures from today.